Rebecca Odeny Finney

Rebecca Odeny Finney

Rebecca Finney Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Nov. 1 to Nov. 3, 2006.
FINNEY Mrs. Rebecca Odeny Finney of Richmond departed this life October 31, 2006. She is survived by two daughters, Silvia and Tammy Burrell; three sons, Norman Seward, Theodore Seward (Rosalind) and Chris Burrell; 14 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Margaret Hayes of Atlanta, Ga., Mary Seward and Cornelia Palmer; two brothers, James and John Seward; one aunt, six sisters-in-law, five brothers-in-law, a host of nieces, nephews and cousins, other relatives and friends; among them devoted friends, Clara Wilson and Josephine Sheppard. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts., where funeral services will be held Saturday, November 4, 1 p.m. Rev. Richard Bailey, officiating. Interment in Maury Cemetery.

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